A Mid-20thC Cast Composition Stone Wheaten Terrier reserved The phrase "when pigs fly"

The phrase "when pigs fly" is an adynaton—a figure of speech so hyperbolic that it describes an impossibility and this phrase has been used in various forms since the 1600s as a sarcastic remark

Period: Empire / Restauration

the walnut veneer has knocking and wear to the top finish though we rather like this as its nice and authentic

It will fly up a lane

We can deduce that these pictures were painted in one of Carpathias large smoke rooms

A Mid-20thC Cast Composition Stone Wheaten Terrier reserved The phrase "when pigs fly"Origin: English Period: Mid Late 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1960 70 Width: 11 Height: 25 Depth: 24 The very well modelled and large life size cast stone wheaten terrier, in sitting position with the head tilted upward in obedience, having a closed mouth, the eyes clear of the notorious shaggy hair, the whole of hyper real form and surviving from the middle to later part of the twentieth century. The hound is heavy and has weathering